pungent - SAT Word

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pungent 
  ( SAT Prep - Sample Word )
This word "pungent" often comes up in the SAT. Of the choices below which is the closest in meaning?
spicy
bane
promoter
bandit




Detailed description and alternate definitions of the word 'pungent':
  Pointed.
  Penetrating, biting, or caustic.
  Affecting the organs of taste or smell with a sharp acrid sensation.
  To the point; sharp.

Synonyms of word 'pungent' :
 biting
 acrid
 mordacious
 nipping
 barbed


Usage of the word 'pungent' in Sentences :
  pungent aroma.
  Be warned, however, it does make a rather pungent smell in your kitchen.
  The smell of a familiar fruit becomes pungent in my nostrils.
  pungent odor, some sort of cleaning fluid.
  very pungent smell at bottom of first drop, probably due to rotting sheep.
  The flowers are strongly scented and smell most pungent at night time.
  pungent smell of dead bodies.
  I should mention that Garlic in tincture form is particularly pungent!
  pungent odors from the marshes by the road.
  More often used in spicy Mexican dishes than in British cooking, they?›re too pungent for most people to eat raw.
  pungent flavor.
  There are no other side effects apart from a slightly pungent taste.
  pungent scent of pine.
  If I had done so, I should not perhaps have felt the mortification I then experienced quite so pungent.

Usage of the word 'pungent' in popular media :
Washington Post   —
 his sinfonia no. 4, though, revealed clear neo-romantic sympathies, its 19th-century-style melodic writing occasionally made pungent with light dissonance, and its holst-like range of glittering timbral color warmed by the tropical heat of latin percussion..... read more ››
 the pisco concoctions ran the gamut of influences and ingredients: the majestic's thick, spicy punjabi sour used carrot juice and pungent garam masala; agwa, a liqueur made from coca leaves, added an extra sweetness to the picchu chasqui from dirty martini;.... read more ››
  those pages feature some of his strongest writing, as do other poems where his thinking - like a pungent spice - is controlled enough to release its full power..... read more ››
  but, of course, a serving tray for the pungent snacks they must now choke down.".... read more ››

Wall Street Journal   —
 sprawling over nearly 85,000 square feet, the new im viadukt stocks mostly swiss-grown/made goods: produce from the nearby bachser valley, pungent alpine cheeses, custom contemporary furniture. .... read more ››
 zingy, pungent and sweet, the ketchups come in two varietiesæ’??regular and spicedæ’??that both deserve a place on your condiment shelf..... read more ››
 some business owners in the area had complained about the noise, the crowds and the pungent sausage-and-pepper smell. .... read more ››
 the booze, called â�â¯ubr??wka, is unusual because it is flavored with a rare, pungent wild grass enjoyed by european bison.... read more ››
 this pungent diversity has developed, in part, because mustard was historically one of the cheapest spices to produceæ’??mustard plants could grow in europe and didn't have to be shipped in from india or the south seas..... read more ››
 by late tuesday morning, as the smell of dead fish grew more pungent, crews of firefighters, volunteer fishermen and others raced to scoop them out of the water with nets and put them in large dumpsters. .... read more ››




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